I John 3:18

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Saturday, January 17, 2009


YOU KEEP TELLING ME “DON’T BE AFRAID,”
IN THIS BOOK THAT YOU’VE GIVEN TO ME…
AND I’VE TRIED, LORD, I’M STILL TRYING,
BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBILITY.

I LOOK AROUND AND SEE SO MUCH
THAT CAN EASILY BRING ME DOWN
TO A PLACE OF DOUBT, WORRY, AND FEAR.
I’M JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO COME AROUND.

SO EVERYDAY I WAKE UP AGAIN
WAITING FOR SOMETHING NEW-
EYES WIDE OPEN AND CRYING OUT,
WHAT ELSE IS THERE FOR ME TO DO?

THE PAIN SOME DAYS, LORD, YOU KNOW
IS SO HARD TO CARRY ALONE.
BUT ALONE IS WHERE LIFE HAS ME,
SOME DAYS IT FEELS LIKE EVEN YOU’RE GONE.

EACH DAY IS ENDED WITH ANOTHER ROUND
OF ME CRYING FOR YOU TO ANSWER ME…
I HOPE YOU ARE STILL LISTENING,
BECAUSE YOUR FACE I CANNOT SEE.

STILL, WHEN LIFE IS FAR FROM HAPPY
I WILL CONTINUE TO CRY OUT TO YOU,
BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ARE MY ONLY HOPE
I KNOW YOUR WORDS WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE.

AND THOUGH MY SORROW MAY BE GREAT,
AND THE TEARS MAY STILL FILL MY EYES,
I KNOW ONE DAY YOU WILL MAKE ALL THINGS NEW
AND BRING TO TRUTH ALL OF THE LIES.

BECAUSE THOUGH THE HURT WE ENDURE HERE
MAY BE GREAT AND HORRIBLE TO FEEL,
YOU ARE MUCH, MUCH BIGGER THAN ALL THE PAIN,
ONE DAY EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE YOU WILL HEAL.

I’LL HOLD ONTO THIS HOPE YOU’VE GIVEN,
I’LL HOLD TIGHT TO IT, THOUGH AT TIMES IT SEEMS SMALL.
AND I’LL KEEP LOOKING TO YOU LORD JESUS,
THE CREATOR AND LOVER OF ALL.


January 11, 2009

Friday, January 16, 2009



HOW SWEET!! LIZ GAVE ME A BLOGGY AWARD. THANK YOU!!! YOU MADE ME SMILE!! I'M TO PASS IT ON TO 10 LADIES....I'LL TRY TO THINK OF 10 BLOGGERS!! HERE YOU GO, AND IT IS TO BE AWARDED TO THOSE WHO SHOW AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE. :)








7. BREA



PASS IT ON AND SHOW SOME BLOGGY-LOVE! :)

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

HOPE.

HAS THE PAIN OVERWHELMED YOU LATELY?
IS THERE A BIG CLOUD OVER YOUR HEART?
DO THINGS LOOK DARK ALL AROUND,
DO YOU FEEL LIKE FALLING APART?

WHEN YOU AWAKEN EACH NEW DAY
DO YOU JUST NOT WANT TO SMILE?
HAS THE NUMBNESS SET IN WHERE JOY
USED TO BE, DO YOU JUST WANT TO CRY FOR A WHILE?

ARE YOU TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT TRAGEDY?
DOES HAPPINESS SEEM FAR AWAY?
DO YOU JUST WANT TO SCREAM AND SHOUT,
NEED SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO YOU TODAY?

ARE THERE TIMES YOU FEEL ALL ALONE,
THOUGH YOU KNOW THERE ARE MANY AROUND?
DO YOU JUST WANT TO OPEN YOUR WINGS AND FLY,
BUT YOU KNOW YOU’RE STUCK THERE ON THE GROUND?

ARE YOU WEARY FROM FACING SORROW?
AND NOT JUST YOURS, BUT THOSE WHOM YOU LOVE?
DO YOU FEEL AT TIMES THERE IS NO HOPE,
BUT YOU STILL LOOK FOR HELP FROM ABOVE?

HAVE OTHER’S ANSWERS JUST FAILED YOU?
THOUGH WITH GOOD INTENTIONS, THEY COME…
YOU STILL HEAR WORDS OF EMPTINESS,
AND YOU’VE FOUND HOPE IN NOONE?

MY CHILD, I HAVE NEVER PROMISED
THAT YOU’D HAVE EVERY SINGLE THING THAT IS GOOD…
I JUST ASKED YOU TO ALWAYS FOLLOW ME,
THOUGH AT TIMES YOU WOULDN’T THINK YOU COULD.

I NEVER PROMISED ALL YOUR DAYS WITHOUT SORROW,
DEATH, TRAGEDY, AND SICKNESS ARE ALL PART OF THIS LIFE.
BUT OH WHAT SWEETNESS AWAITS YOU
WHEN YOU MAKE IT THROUGH ALL THE STRIFE!

I NEVER PROMISED TO BE YOUR GENIE,
ANSWERING YOUR EVERY LITTLE WHIM,
BUT I DID ASK YOU TO STILL KEEP TRUSTING IN ME,
THOUGH ALL AROUND YOU SEEMS GRIM.

I NEVER SAID TO PRETEND THINGS ARE FINE,
OR TO JUST PRETEND YOU HAVE NO PAIN….
YOU HAVE TO BE REAL WHEN YOU COME TO ME,
AND STILL TRUST ME WHEN GRIEF COMES AGAIN.

SO AS YOU GO THROUGH THESE HORRIBLE MOMENTS
AND YOU WANT TO WISH IT ALL AWAY,
COME ONLY TO ME, I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE,
I DID PROMISE I’D NEVER GO AWAY.

AND IN THOSE TIMES THAT YOU FEEL ISOLATED
LIKE THE RAIN HAS DROWNED AWAY THE LIGHT,
REMEMBER THAT I AM HOLDING YOU CLOSE,
THROUGH EACH DAY, AND THROUGH EACH NIGHT.

AND WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE LOSING IT,
GO AHEAD AND LET IT ALL OUT!!
COME TO ME, SCREAM AND CRY TO ME,
I CAN TAKE IT ALL, EVEN YOUR SHOUTS!!

FALL APART AND CRY UNTIL YOU CAN CRY NO MORE,
AND JUST LET ME WRAP MY ARMS AROUND YOU.
FALL APART LIKE YOU’VE WANTED TO FOR SO LONG,
IT’S THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO.

AND REMEMBER THE PAIN YOU HAVE IN THIS LIFE
WON’T LAST FOREVER, IT WILL ALL SOON BE GONE.
I, YOUR LORD, HAVE ALREADY HAD THE LAST WORD,
I WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU TO LEAN ON.

I AM YOUR PEACE, AND I AM YOUR LIGHT,
I BRING YOU DELIVERANCE, COMFORT, AND HOPE.
AND MY PRECIOUS CHILD, I WILL ALWAYS BE THERE,
EACH TIME YOU’VE COME TO THE END OF YOUR ROPE.

J.N.S. January 14, 2009